THE DAYTON FAMILY

We went to the Festival of Trees today with my mom and sister. (Yay!!! Mary is back from Spain!!!)  There were SO many trees.  We walked slow-ish through about 1/2 of them and then kind of hurried through the rest to go see all the fun stuff going on at the end - Santa, Christmas Crafts, Performers, Food, etc...  It was really fun and a great way to kick off the Christmas season this year!  A puzzle tree for Tay :)  This one made me shed a tear, the 'Fallen Soldier' tree - in honor of POWs & MIAs:  Ky's favorite: (She really did like it, she was just being dramatic...she is such a mini-David, haha!) I liked all of the rugged-outdoorsy looking ones! We had all 3 in the stroller some of the time. :)  I liked this quote (notice where it's from) and the soldier & nutcracker saluting:  Pride for my Alma Mater:  Everyone enjoyed eating pretzels at the end, but nobody as much as this cute girl:  I love these two 'skin

We started off the break by playing with the Waldron cousins for a couple of hours on Wednesday.  Everyone had so much fun together.   It was really nice to have cousin time to distract me because DAVID arrived late that night and the day dragged on FOREVER for me... Boys 'sword' fighting: Girls all accessorized & watching the 'sword fight':   Thanksgiving Day: The day started out with a run for some and a Turkey Bowl for others. Then we all met up for family pictures! David showed up like this just to get a laugh out of his mom, it totally worked. This is so typical David, I love it! I won't post any of the actual pictures because most of us are using them for Christmas cards & such, but I got some cute & funny shots of everyone during the process. Ky got in trouble for something or other - these two have some really really long stand-offs...it's actually pretty hard for me not to laugh because they are b

The kids in their Halloween PJs I think their faces are hilarious!  We started out the day making sugar cookies with Grandma!!! Cute little Ghosty! Trying to fit into the newborn size monkey costume, haha! Skeleton PJs!!!   A not-so-happy little Cougar:  My Future Cheerleader: My Future Quarterback: Their #1 Fan:  Heading to the Trunk-or-Treat: Trick-or-treating to the Double Daytons:  Helping Grandma Cindy:  Such a fun Halloween!!!  Go Cougs!!! :) ***And - a HUGE Thank You to Grandpa & Mimi for the awesome costumes!***